Anytime you commit sin and God deals with you, you have the opportunity to confess it. If you don't confess it, you only have one option but to cover it up.
Where do you think you would be now if Jesus would not have saved you when He did.
The word "conviction" means to expose.
The only way I see an out is for you to take full responsibility.
The blessing of influence is helping others succeed. It is lifting up Christ with your established platform.
Platforms are established because of the way the Lord used someone.